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NATIONAL:

Telangana Government announces 15 new
districts:

·Marking the second year since the creation of
Telangana, the state government announced the creation of 15 new districts
across the state.

·The districts
will be created by redrawing the boundaries of the ten existing districts, and
will come into existence on Dussehra, the government said.

·It also hoisted the second tallest tricolour flag, at
291-feet, in Hyderabad.

Odisha becomes first state to give
social welfare benefits to transgender community:

·Odisha State Government has initiated to provide the
social welfare benefits to Transgender who are belongs to most deprived.

·Niten Chandra,
Principal Secretary of Department of Social Security said it aims to improve
their overall social and economic status.

2 Indian-origin women in Forbes’
self-made American women list:

·In the Forbes’ annual list of America’s 60 wealthiest
and most successful self-made women entrepreneurs list two Indian-origin women
have featured who have articulated invention and innovation.

·India-born Neerja Sethi, who is a co-founder of
IT consulting and outsourcing firm Syntel with her husband Bharat Desai
ranked 16th on ‘America’s Richest Self-made Women’ list while president and CEO
of Arista Networks Jayshree Ullal is ranked 30th.

·The richest
self-made woman in America is topped by ABC Supply owner Diane Hendricks is
worth 4.9 billion US dollars and the company is the largest wholesale
distributor of roofing and siding in the country.

India to grant tourist, e-visa for Yoga
courses:

·In a first, India will give tourist and e-tourist visa
to foreigners willing to undertake a short-term course in Yoga.

·The government
has decided to include a short term yoga programme in the list of permissible
activities under the tourist and e-tourist visa.

·Presently,
tourist visa is granted only for visiting India for recreation and sight-seeing
among other things.

India among top five in 2015 in green
energy spending:

·According to a Global Renewables Report 2015 India
being ranked among the top five nations in new investments, and in the top four
as regards creating jobs in the green energy sector.

·India’s
investments in renewable energy sector increased to $10.2 billion in 2015, when
compared to $8.3 billion in 2014.

·The new
investments added growth for the second straight year, aided by a jump in
utility-scale solar power financing that reached $4.6 billion, up 75 per cent
over the previous year.

·The MoU was signed by the Power Ministry Secretary PK
Pujari and US Ambassador to India, Richard Verma.

Asia's largest annual security forum
opens in Singapore:

·Asia's largest annual security forum opens today in
Singapore.

·Territorial
disputes in the South China Sea, North Korea's military provocations and
Islamist extremism are expected to dominate discussions.

·The Shangri-La
Dialogue, organised by the London-based International Institute for Strategic
Studies, IISS, is being attended by at least 20 Defence Ministers led by
Pentagon chief Ashton Carter.

German Parliament passes Resolution
recognising Massacre of Armenians as Genocide:

·German Parliament, Bundestag, passed a resolution
recognising the massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces during First World War
(1915) as genocide.

·The motion was
put forward for voting by Chancellor Angela Merkel's governing coalition of
right and left and the opposition Greens.

·It was passed
with support from all the parties in Parliament with only one abstention and
one vote against.

APPOINTMENTS:

Navin Agarwal appointed NADA chief:

·Senior IPS officer Navin Agarwal was appointed chief
of National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), working for dope-free sports for five
years.

·Agarwal is
currently working in his cadre Jammu and Kashmir Cadre. He is a 1986 batch IPS
officer. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved Agarwal’s appointment
as Chief Executive Officer/Director General of NADA.

·NADA is the
national nodal agency responsible for promoting, coordinating, and monitoring
the doping control program in sports in all its forms of India

Prabhu, Chidambaram elected to Rajya Sabha:

·Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and Union
Minister of State for Science and Technology Y Satyanarayana Chowdary were
elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh.

·Further from
Maharashtra, Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal, former Finance Minister P
Chidambaram, and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Narayan Rane were also
elected unopposed in the biennial elections.

·American multinational firm Johnson & Johnson
would acquire personal-care products company Vogue International for about $3.3
billion in all cash deal.

·The move would
increase its position in the hair care market and potentially build up its
consumer products segment.

·The new
acquisition includes Vogue’s menu of OGX shampoos and conditions, the FX line
of hair styling products and the Proganix and Maui Moisture hair care product
lines.

·The beauty products of Vogue are sold in the United
States and in 38 other countries.

TERI signs MoU with IKSL:

·New Delhi based Energy and Resources Institute and a
subsidiary of Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited Kisan Sanchar
Limited (IKSL) inked a pact to work together in empowering farmers.

·The MoU makes formers by providing them information
about efficient use of natural resources to help them increase their
productivity.

·TERI has the
expertise in agriculture and rural electrification to mitigate impact of
climate change and encouraging efficient use of natural resources for
developing knowledge based sustainable solutions.

·The cooperation
will include creating awareness and benefits of clean lighting and cooking
solutions, provided that information on energy solutions and community level
solutions that improve energy conditions in schools, public health centres.

The Energy and Resources Institute:

üEstablished
1974

üHeadquarters:
New Delhi

üDirector
General: Ajay Mathur

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:

Google launches tool to test website
speed:

·Google launched a tool that measures a website's speed
on mobile and desktop, and its mobile-friendliness on a scale of 1 to 100.

·It also gives a
detailed test report on a user's request, which includes suggestions on areas
that the website needs to work on.

·The tool is aimed
at helping business owners determine their website's performance.

Microsoft releases SQL Server 2016:

·Microsoft announced the general availability of its
latest relational database management system 'SQL Server 2016'.

·The release
offers deep integration of the 'R' programming language, which is used for data
science, that will enable analytics on real-time transactions without moving
the data out of the platform.

SPORTS:

Novak Djokovic becomes the first player
to win a $100m prize money

·Serbian Top seed Novak Djokovic became the first
professional tennis player to earn $100 million in prize money after he made
his 10th French Open quarter-finals beating 14th seed Spain`s Roberto Bautista
Agut by 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-5 to move into his 28th consecutive Grand Slam
quarter-final and 36th in all.

·While Tennis
great Roger Federer earned $98,011,727 since he turned pro in 1998, is the next
closest player to breaking that barrier.

·American Women’s
tennis great Serena Williams is the leader, having earned a total prize money
of $75,929,696 in 21 years in women’s section.

Argentina retain top spot in FIFA
rankings:

·Argentina and Belgium continue to hold on to the top
two spots in the latest FIFA rankings, with Colombia rounding up the top three.

·World champions
Germany are fourth in the table with European Championship holders Spain now
sixth.

·India have fallen
down one spot to 163, while England have been replaced in the top 10 by Austria.

BCCI allows women to compete in foreign
leagues:

·The BCCI has allowed Indian women cricketers play in
overseas leagues, subject to their contracts being approved by the body.

·The decision,
taken during a meeting of the BCCI’s women’s cricket committee, paves the way
for India’s players to take part in tournaments such as the Women’s Big Bash
League in Australia and the Women’s Super League in England.

Ronaldo world's most famous athlete:
ESPN

·Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo has been named
the most famous athlete in the world in the list of 100 most famous athletes
released by ESPN.

·Ronaldo is
followed by NBA star LeBron James, Barcelona forward Lionel Messi and Neymar,
and Swiss Tennis player Roger Federer. Indian cricketer Virat Kohli is placed
eighth in the list.

OBITUARY:

US singer Prince died from accidental
overdose of painkiller:

·US singer Prince died from an accidental overdose of
the painkiller fentanyl, medical examiners have found.

·The report, from
Midwest Medical Examiner's Office in Minnesota, comes more than a month after
the singer was found slumped in a lift at his home.

·Detectives have
already questioned a doctor who saw the 57-year old twice in the weeks before
he died.

·A police warrant
has also revealed that Dr Michael Schulenberg prescribed medication to the
singer on April, 20th, the day before he died.

World Bank:
President : Jim Yong Kim
Headquarters: Washington, D.C., United States
World Bank Group:
World Bank Group has five international organizations:
♦ International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
♦ International Development Association (IDA)
♦ International Finance Corporation (IFC)
♦ Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
♦ International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)